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Born in India to missionaries, Brand was sent to England at age 9 to be educated. He stayed until he got his medical degree (and a new wife, who he met in medical school). He returned to India to teach surgery, and pioneered reconstructing hands and feet that were damaged by leprosy and, later, revised his methods to help diabetics. His techniques were world renowned: the U.S. Public Health Service recruited him to work at the National Leprosarium in Carville, La., where he became chief of rehabilitation. He also spent 20 years doing research and teaching his techniques at Louisiana State University's Medical College, ensuring his legacy lives on in other surgeons. His textbook Clinical Mechanics of the Hand is still a standard reference. He retired in 1980 and moved to Seattle, but continued to teach surgery at the University of Washington. He died July 8 from a subdural hematoma at age 88. From This is True for 6 July 2003 Suggestions for further reading:
 By: Jim Johnson List Price: $29.95 Amazon Price: $21.56 Editorial Review: Treat your own rotator cuff? Who needs to worry about that? According to the medical research, a lot of people. The rotator cuff, a group of four, flat tendons that connect to the critical muscles that stabilize your shoulder, can cause a lot more problems than you might think. Consider a few of these statistics from the published literature: . It's simply just a matter of time until the majority of shoulders get a rotator cuff tear. According to Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans, approximately 4% of people under forty years of age have a torn rotator cuff. After age sixty, however, 54% of people have one (Sher 1995). . Once the rotator cuff gets torn, it doesn't look good either. One study followed a group of patients with tears in their rotator cuffs and found that 80% of the them went on to either enlarge or turn into full thickness tears-in less than a two-year period (Yamanaka 1994). 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He has written many books based completely on published research and controlled trials including The Multifidus Back Pain Solution, Treat Your Own Knees, The No-Beach, No-Zone, No-Nonsense Weight Loss Plan: A Pocket Guide to What Works, and The Sixty-Second Motivator. His books have been translated into other languages and thousands of copies have been sold worldwide. Besides working full-time as a clinician in a large teaching hospital and writing books, Jim Johnson is a certified Clinical Instructor by the American Physical Therapy Association and enjoys teaching physical therapy students from all over the United States.  By: Barbara Brennan List Price: $27.00 Amazon Price: $17.82  By: Suparna DamanyJack Bellis List Price: $19.95 Amazon Price: $13.37 Editorial Review: This guide offers computer users who suffer from repetitive strain injury an effective program for self-care. 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The Power of Reiki is a step-by-step, fully-illustrated handbook that introduces every aspect of Reiki to a Western audience, including: *The inspirational history of Reiki and the special attunement process by which its healing wisdom is handed down from one master to the next *The specific Reiki hand positions used to treat migraines, sinusitis, menstrual problems, arthritis, back pain, depression, tension, and many other conditions in oneself and others *The many advantages regular Reiki treatment offer those who are healthy, such as increased energy, self-confidence, and resistance to general ailments like colds and the flu A practical, beautiful guide to Reiki stages I, II, and III, The Power of Reiki contains all readers will need to incorporate the tremendous healing power of this ancient art into their daily lives. |
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